Overview

A Numly Number is an ESN or Electronic Serial Number for all things digital. It is a unique identifier that allows an author or publisher to assign to content and track licensing of each id assignment. Numly Numbers are useful if you wish to identify each electronic distributed copy of any form of electronic media. Media types could include: Blogs, Emails, MP3s, Videos, PDFs, eBooks, Software, Websites, etc. Numly Numbers can also act a third-party content submission time stamps to aid in copyright proving instances and emails.

The Numly Number consists of a 19 digit number generated by an algorithm maintained by Numly.com.

How to create Numly Number barcodes using Barcode Professional for

Note: Please refer to the Class Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods stated in this document.

In order to get a Numly Number barcode image, please follow these steps:

Set the Symbology property to NumlyNumber

Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:

Set the BarWidth property (Value are expressed in Inches)

Set the QuietZoneWidth property (Value is expressed in Inches)

Set the TopMargin and BottomMargin properties (Values are expressed in Inches)

Set the Code property with the value to encode. It must be the Numly Number which is composed of 19 digits separated (or not) by dash symbols (-)

Note: Please refer to the Class Reference documentation for more information about the properties and methods stated in this document.

In order to get a Numly Number barcode image, please follow these steps:

Set the Symbology property to NumlyNumber

Setting up dimensions and quiet zones:

All values for barcode dimensions are expressed in INCHES by default. However, Barcode Professional supports other unit of measurement such as Millimeter, Centimeter, and Mils. For modifying the unit of measurement for barcoding, please set up the BarcodeUnit property as needed.

Set the BarWidth property (Value are expressed in Inches)

Set the QuietZone property (Value is expressed in Inches)

Set the Code property with the value to encode. It must be the Numly Number which is composed of 19 digits separated (or not) by dash symbols (-)

Example of Numly Number barcode images

Code property = 27200-060121-189140-97 will produce the following barcode image: